Four people attempt suicide alleging harassment from BJP MLA in Karnataka
Haveri: Four people reportedly consumed poison in an attempted suicide after accusing exploitation and oppression at the hands of the BJP MLA for the Haveri Vidhana Sabha constituency Nehru Olekar’s family at Shidenuru village.
Accusing Nehru Olekar’s family of trying to grab their farmland, Kandaya village’s Paandappa Kabbur, Gangawwa Kabbur, Hanumanthappa Badiger, and Guruchappa Lamani consumed poison in their field and attempted to end their lives, it is learned.
The four individuals who became severely ill after consuming poison were reportedly taken to the Byadagi hospital for primary treatment and later transported to the Davangere hospital for further treatment.
Citing that 29 families have been cultivating on illegal land, MLA Nehru Olekar and his children had been demanding that each family should give away 15 gunta of their cultivation land, it is learned. The farmers have accused that because they did not give away the land, the MLA and his family had ensured the farmers received no cooperation in farming activities from the villagers.
MLA Nehru Olekar has not yet responded to the above accusations.
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Another North Goa nightclub sealed; Kejriwal says corruption led to fire tragedy
Panaji (PTI): As part of a crackdown against tourist establishments violating laws and safety norms in the aftermath of the Arpora fire tragedy, Goa authorities on Saturday sealed a renowned club at Vagator and revoked the fire department NOC of another club.
Cafe CO2 Goa, located on a cliff overlooking the Arabian Sea at Vagator beach in North Goa, was sealed. The move came two days after Goya Club, also in Vagator, was shut down for alleged violations of rules.
Elsewhere, campaigning for local body polls, AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal said the fire incident at Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub at Arpora, which claimed 25 lives on December 6, happened because the BJP government in the state was corrupt.
An inspection of Cafe CO2 Goa by a state government-appointed team revealed that the establishment, with a seating capacity of 250, did not possess a no-objection certificate (NOC) of the Fire and Emergency Services Department. The club, which sits atop Ozrant Cliff, also did not have structural stability, the team found.
The Fire and Emergency Services on Saturday also revoked the NOC issued to Diaz Pool Club and Bar at Anjuna as the fire extinguishers installed in the establishment were found to be inadequate, said divisional fire officer Shripad Gawas.
A notice was issued to Nitin Wadhwa, the partner of the club, he said in the order.
Campaigning at Chimbel village near Panaji in support of his party's Zilla Panchayat election candidate, Aam Aadmi Party leader Kejriwal said the nightclub fire at Arpora happened because of the "corruption of the Pramod Sawant-led state government."
"Why this fire incident happened? I read in the newspapers that the nightclub had no occupancy certificate, no building licence, no excise licence, no construction licence or trade licence. The entire club was illegal but still it was going on," he said.
"How could it go on? Couldn't Pramod Sawant or anyone else see it? I was told that hafta (bribe) was being paid," the former Delhi chief minister said.
A person can not work without bribing officials in the coastal state, Kejriwal said, alleging that officers, MLAs and even ministers are accepting bribes.
